Yeah, IIRC there was a sorta thing on tumblr a few years back where systems were using SU versions of fusion as ways of understanding and utilizing their own systems, and it became a sorta "this is proof that these systems are FAKE" kinda thing.
...which was weird for me, because I read Ye Olde Books where the old word used for what is currently known in online plural circles as "integration" was "fusion." And at least one book I read that was from the early 90s even referenced three system members purposely merging together temporarily to get through grad school; IIRC, they might have even CALLED it fusion!
Even we have days where we blur together to acheive a task, though usually the task is so labor-intensive we aren't really paying attention to who's doing what.
All that said, I really look forward to one day watching Steven Universe, because everything I've heard about Garnet really delights me, and it's the closest thing I've ever seen to a relationship like mine depicted at ALL in media, never mind in a positive way.
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...which was weird for me, because I read Ye Olde Books where the old word used for what is currently known in online plural circles as "integration" was "fusion." And at least one book I read that was from the early 90s even referenced three system members purposely merging together temporarily to get through grad school; IIRC, they might have even CALLED it fusion!
Even we have days where we blur together to acheive a task, though usually the task is so labor-intensive we aren't really paying attention to who's doing what.
All that said, I really look forward to one day watching Steven Universe, because everything I've heard about Garnet really delights me, and it's the closest thing I've ever seen to a relationship like mine depicted at ALL in media, never mind in a positive way.
--Rogan